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NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater

Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-col…

NASA5/19/26, 8:47 PM
NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach

NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach

Description This view of the Martian surface, captured by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on May 15, 2026, shows str…

NASA5/19/26, 8:43 PM
Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole

Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole

Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NAS…

NASA5/19/26, 8:38 PM
NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby

NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby

Description This is Psyche’s first view of a nearly “full Mars” seen shortly after the spacecraft’s closest a…

NASA5/19/26, 8:34 PM
NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars

Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psych…

NASA5/19/26, 8:28 PM
NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kil…

NASA5/19/26, 7:49 PM
Moon-Venus Conjunction

Moon-Venus Conjunction

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as v…

NASA5/19/26, 5:07 PM
Johnson’s Cindy Evans Prepares Artemis Teams for Lunar Science

Johnson’s Cindy Evans Prepares Artemis Teams for Lunar Science

NASA’s Artemis II crew had many technical and operational responsibilities during their historic mission to t…

NASA5/19/26, 3:00 PM
NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind

NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind

NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone – mor…

NASA5/19/26, 1:05 PM
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz

Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz

The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was d…

NASA5/19/26, 4:01 AM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, May…

NASA5/19/26, 12:33 AM
Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraits

Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraits

Three photographers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center who inspire the world through visual storytelling earned t…

NASA5/18/26, 9:28 PM